In the past few weeks two notable people came out of the closet. Micheal Sam and Ellen Page. When Michael Sam came out, the general public took it surprisingly well. Yet when the media interviewed a few teams that had originally wanted to draft him, they had changed their minds due to the fact that he is gay. And yet some football teams were willing to hire other players who were actually considered for jail time for various crimes. However his hometown Hitchcock Texas was extremely supportive of him. For him he questioned his sexuality in his teens, only fully realizing that he was gay once he got to college. (Source: NY Times interview) He had told a few people that he could trust.
In Ellen Page's case she said she was sick of lying by omission. Exactly what I am doing right now. That means that a person avoids mentioning their sexuality or doesn't object when someone says they are straight. I haven't heard of any movie producers or directors say they won't hire her because she is gay. But it may be too early to tell. However, Hollywood is a more accepting place than the N.F.L is (at least in my mind.)
In other news a judge in Virginia has overturned the ban on same-sex marriage that had existed in the state. So things are slowly moving in the right direction.
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